diff --git a/package/mosquitto/Config.in b/package/mosquitto/Config.in
index c7373d9a84..1b3d1070f8 100644
--- a/package/mosquitto/Config.in
+++ b/package/mosquitto/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_MOSQUITTO
 	bool "mosquitto"
-	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # builds .so
 	help
 	  Mosquitto is an open source message broker that implements
 	  the MQ Telemetry Transport protocol versions 3.1 and
@@ -16,12 +15,12 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_MOSQUITTO_BROKER
 	bool "install the mosquitto broker"
 	default y
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # include <dlfcn.h>
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_MOSQUITTO
 	help
 	  Build and install the mosquitto broker onto target.
 
-comment "mosquitto broker needs a system with MMU"
-	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_MOSQUITTO && !BR2_USE_MMU
-
-comment "mosquitto needs a toolchain w/ dynamic library"
+comment "mosquitto broker needs a toolchain w/ dynamic library"
+	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 	depends on BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_MOSQUITTO
diff --git a/package/mosquitto/mosquitto.mk b/package/mosquitto/mosquitto.mk
index a172afcc53..eb39f0af6e 100644
--- a/package/mosquitto/mosquitto.mk
+++ b/package/mosquitto/mosquitto.mk
@@ -17,6 +17,18 @@ MOSQUITTO_MAKE_OPTS = \
 	WITH_WRAP=no \
 	WITH_DOCS=no
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_SHARED_LIBS),y)
+MOSQUITTO_MAKE_OPTS += WITH_STATIC_LIBRARIES=no
+else
+MOSQUITTO_MAKE_OPTS += WITH_STATIC_LIBRARIES=yes
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),y)
+MOSQUITTO_MAKE_OPTS += WITH_SHARED_LIBRARIES=no
+else
+MOSQUITTO_MAKE_OPTS += WITH_SHARED_LIBRARIES=yes
+endif
+
 # adns uses getaddrinfo_a
 ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC),y)
 MOSQUITTO_MAKE_OPTS += WITH_ADNS=yes